Spangler Plans Hoover Campaign Stop in Des Moines
President Hoover met with Harrison E. Spangler at the White House and laid plans for Spangler to address voters in Des Moines on October 4. Spangler and his wife will stay in Washington over the weekend, as Hoover also organized October 7 Hoover Day events and a radio address while he resumes retreat at a Virginia mountains camp.
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Cedar Rapids
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Virginia Idan Mountains
Hoover Visit prompts farmers' parade plan in Des Moines
Iowa GOP figure Harrison E Spangler says he does not expect a hostile demonstration when President Hoover arrives Oct 4 for his Des Moines campaign speech. Milo Reno National Farmers Holiday association leads 20000 farmers planning a protest to educate Hoover on farm conditions and hold him accountable. Spangler met Hoover after a pre trip conference and notes Iowa residents respect the president.
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Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Republican National
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Spangler
United States
Des Moines
Milo Reno pledges orderly Des Moines parade on Oct 4
Milo Reno president of the National Farmers Holiday association said every effort will be made to stage an orderly farmer parade on October 4 in Des Moines. He noted concerns about plans for the event but insisted there is no intention to insult President Hoover or the dignity of the office.
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Des Moines
Milo Reno
National Farmers Holiday Association
Reno
Hoover
United States
Hoovers Address Tickets Allocated to Republican Leaders
President Hoover event in Des Moines on October 4 will use a ticket system for county chairmen who will distribute tickets. More than half the grandstand seats at the fairgrounds will be public without tickets, and letters are sent to chairmen to gauge attendance and ticket needs.
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DES Moines
Hoover
Homer S. Stephens
Stephens
Benton County Pioneer Predicts Upturn In Prices Next Spring
Special to The Gazette profiles Dave McNie aged 76 living near Cheney Iowa. Longtime Benton county farmer born 1856 in New York City reflects on changes in land water and cattle, notes 50 acre corn farm and 4 horses, predicts spring price rebound and favors Hoover for president. He advocates Prohibition as a moral issue and stays retiring in a one room home with two dogs.
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Grace McNie
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Mr. McNie
Des Moines Pharmacist Shot During Holdup
William Germar a 48 year old Des Moines drug store pharmacist remains in serious condition after a holdup Friday night as he opened the store cash register. He told police he was shot by one of two bandits.
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Des Moines
William Germar
Germar
Hindu God of Love Puzzle Fill In
A crossword style list of clues for a Hindu god of love and related terms with across and down entries including treats with powder and ancient names. The puzzle includes multiple clues spanning from 1 across to 61 down with varied word lengths and cross references.
Robbery at Farm Home Strikes Johnstons
In Mount Ayr, three men blew open a farm home safe and fled with about $8,000 in cash and a $1,000 Liberty bond after tying 86 year old John Johnston and his 58 year old daughter Cora Belle to a bed. The couple freed themselves and alerted the sheriff as authorities and vigilantes scoured the countryside.
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Farther
Cora Belle Johnston
Johnstons
Laymen Join Methodists in Des Moines Conference Session
Laymen and pastors in the Iowa Des Moines conference met in a cooperative session after laymen were admitted to active participation. A permanent laymen organization formed with B. O. Gammon as president and officers named Harry Goodrich Dean Taylor and W. P. Wortman. Bishop Leete announced Rev. Harold Lancaster of Salem Massachusetts will pastor Ottumwa First Methodist Church.
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Des Moines
Iowa-Des Moines
The
Methodist Church
B. O. Gammon
Harry Goodrich
Oskaloosa
Dean Taylor
Fairfield
W. P. Wortman
Malvern
Frederick D. Leete
Harold Lancaster
Salem
Mass
First Methodist Church
Ottuntwa
Senator Tabor To Run On Independent Ticket
George W. Tabor of Baldwin announces his candidacy for re election to the state senate from Jackson county on an independent ticket. He trails after losing the democratic primary to Carolyn C. Pendray who is completing her second term as state representative. Charles E. Browne a former two term state senator remains the Republican candidate in a three way race.
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Maquoreta
George W. Tabor
Baldwin
Jackson County
Tabor
Carolyn C. Pendray
Charles E. Browne
Iowa City Invites Hoover To Stop There
The Iowa City chamber of commerce invited Herbert Hoover to stop in Iowa City during his Des Moines visit on October 4. Secretary David W. Crum sent the bid with plans to arrange a brief train stop if feasible, referencing Branch and Hoover's 1928 campaign ties and a possible return to West Branch on the Iowa trip.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Herbert Hoover
Des Moines
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
David W. Crum
Branch
Washington
West Branch
Iowa
Death of Filipino student at Grinnell linked to poison
Zacarios Valdez, a Filipino student at Grinnell College, died after ingesting sufficient poisonous chemicals, according to Coroner Dale Smith. Valdez collapsed while working in a yard and died soon after. his body was sent to Iowa City for examination. Authorities have not determined a motive or source of the chemicals and cannot explain why he would have taken his own life.
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Grinnell
Zacarios Valdez
Grinnell College
Dale Smith
Valdez
University Hospital
Iowa City
E. E. Harris
Traer Cuts Municipal Light Rates Again
Traer officials reduced electric rates for a third time in five years, effective immediately, aiming to save coal and water costs. The plan lowers charges to 10 cents, 8 cents, 6 cents, and 5 cents per kilowatt hour across specified usage blocks, with an estimated revenue loss of about $2000 annually due to improvements worth over $20,000 at the municipal plant.
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Traer Electric
Traer Light and Water Commissioners
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John Blaul Seriously Ill in Burlington Hospital
John Blaul 79 a noted inland waterway development advocate and wholesale grocer, was seriously ill in a Burlington hospital. Blaul, a director of the Mississippi Valley Association and the Upper River Barge Lines Association, underwent surgery on Thursday.
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Burlington
John Blaul
Blaul
Mississippi Valley Association
Upper River Barge Lines Association
Woman's Foreign Missionary society elects officers
The Greeley Methodist Woman's Foreign Missionary society met with Mrs. Carl Anderson and elected officers: President Mrs. Harry Sherman, vice-president Mrs. Pease, secretary Mrs. John Beehm, treasurer Mrs. Perry Lighty. The October meeting will be at the Fred Woeste home.
Cumps Indicted On Four Forgery Counts
Andrew G. Cumps former Iowa adjutant general office chief clerk and divested congressional candidate was indicted in federal court on four counts of forging National Guard pay checks. Each count carries a maximum $1000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.
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DES Moines
Andrew G. Cumps
Iowa Adjutant General's Office
Congress
National Guard
Cumps
Daniels Sees Roosevelt Victory From Former Republicans
Iowa City reports Josephus Daniels former secretary of the navy predicts in a Young Democrats meeting that erstwhile Republicans will swing to Roosevelt in 1932. He argues Democrats will carry western states and even Iowa, with many mountain and Pacific states shifting, while Smoot in Utah faces a tough race. He cites Taft, Payne Aldrich, Smoot Hawley and forecasts Democratic gains in senate races as well.
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Roosevelt
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wilson
Young Democrats Club
Daniels
Iowa
Pacific
Taft
Dolliver
Allison
Woodrow Wilson
Hoover
Watson
Smoot- Hawley
Utah
Smoot
Fire destroys barn and shed on Waukon area farm
Fire swept the Charles Wallace farm three miles from Waukon Friday night burning a barn and a large machine shed. About 1200 bushels of grain were destroyed along with hay and harness and machinery in the blaze. Authorities investigated the cause.
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Waukon (Ap
Charles Wallace
Spite Wife Ends With Two Lovers on a Ocean Voyage
Judy Denning marries Stanley Carter but is unhappy as he carries on with Eunice Ils on. She falls for Nick, half-brother, plans to sail for China on the steamer with Nick after a funeral. The scene ends with Judy aboard, dreaming of a moonlit future with Nick as her husband.
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Stanley Carter
Lockwood
San Francisco
Stan
Eunice Ilson
Judy
Nick
A K Dent
Mary
Lockwood Garden
Sailing in the Moon Ends in Simple Wedding
Judy and Nick reaffirm their bond as Judy marries Nick in a modest ceremony at a small church near their apartment house. Mary and Tom assist. Martha the Faithful attends, imagining Madame would be pleased to witness the union. Judy reflects on past choices and the shock of the arrangement.
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Mary
Nick
Martha
Mary Lockerbee
Teavie
Judy
Lumins
Tom
Judith Carter
Carter
University of Iowa Girls Reject Sorority Bids
Fourteen sororities pledged 127 women at the University of Iowa, a figure 34 fewer than last year’s 194 pledges. The list includes six graduates, six seniors, 40 juniors, 20 sophomores, 51 freshmen, and two unclassified students, with numerous named students and cities across Iowa.
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Iowa
University of Ig
Eastern Iowa
Delta Gamma
Mary Jane Hubers
Davenport
Marie Jeffrey
Cedar Rapids
Alice Lampe
Chi Omega
Elizabeth Frahm
Bevelyn Westfall
West Liberty
Gladys Gerot
Riverside
Audrey Peters
Iowa City
Kappa Delta
Barbara Wiener
Pi Beta Phi
Mary Louise Reed
Tipton
Kappa Alpha Theta
Dorothy Spencer
Gamma Phi Beta
Jeanette Lee
Mary Elizabeth Warren
Catherine Witte
Burlington
Classes Begin Monday At State University
Registration for upperclassmen was underway on the University of Iowa campus with classes set to start Monday morning after the induction ceremony. Unofficial Friday figures show registration matching last year, and two professors mark their forty fifth year at the university: Charles B. Wilson in German and Elbert W. Rockwood in chemistry.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Charles B. Wilson
Elbert W. Rockwood
Bohumil Shimek
Henry F. Wickham
Gilbert L
Temperature Drops to 32 at Decorah
The mercury in Decorah thermometers dipped to 32 degrees early Saturday but no frost was reported. Light frosts occurred in Dubuque Waterloo and Creston with no damage. Friday's high reached 73 degrees at Estherville.
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Des Moines
Decorah
Weather Bureau
Dubuque
Waterloo
Creston
Estherville
Tuition Aid To 232 Cornell Students
Mount Vernon report shows Cornell college distributed 19362.50 in scholar funds to 232 students from King Pfeiffer and other funds. Freshmen numbered 99 receive about 9000, with 133 upperclassmen sharing the remainder. 118 men and 114 women aided. More than 11000 comes from King and Pfeiffer funds. other funds cover the rest.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
W. B. Gray
William F. King
Henry Pfeiffer
New York City
Cornell
Districu
King and Pfeiffer
Daniels Calls At Hoover Birthplace
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels visited the Hoover birthplace in West Branch Iowa while in Iowa City for an address. He chatted about the Hoovers in Washington and shared anecdotes of capital life, buying a postcard of the house to mail to Mrs Daniels in Raleigh North Carolina with a West Branch postmark.
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Josephus Daniels
Wilson
President Hoover
Iowa City
Hoover Birthplace
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Washington
Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
West
Clayton county car dealers form ton mobile association
Thirty automobile dealers and garage owners from every town in Clayton county met the ton mobile association. Officers elected were: President W. H. Walch El kader, vice-president Frank Westerlin Edgewood, secretary Leigh Mathews Farmersburg, treasurer Jack Waltz Marquette. Directors W. L. Rutledge Elkport, Clarence Hunstadt Guttenberg, and W. L. Huenker Monona.
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Elkader
Clayton County
Ton Mobile Association
W. H. Walch
Frank Westerlin
Edgewood
Leigh Mathews
Farmersburg
Jack Waltz
Marquette
W. L. Rutledge
Elkport
Clarence Hunstadt
Guttenberg
W. L. Huenker
Monona
Widow Of Anamosa Guard Denied Compensation
Des Moines claims for compensation by Mrs. Mary Chesire for the death of her husband Charles M. Chesire a guard at the state reformatory at Anamosa were denied by state industrial commissioner A B Fink. He ruled Chesire died June 27 1931 from heat prostration while overseeing convicts in a quarry noting he was elevated in a pagoda with a breeze while prisoners beneath him faced still air.
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Des Moines
INS
Mary Chesire
Charles M. Chesire
Anamosa
A. B. Fink
Punk
Chesire
Jurors Drawn For Court At Elkader
Elkader Judge H E Taylor will convene the October term of district court. Thirty five trial jurors are ordered to report October 17. Names include Wayne Pugh Elkport M M Marshall Elkader Albert Schiake Garnavillo Fred Ihlenfeldt Elkader L H Brandt Garnavillo George Miller Strawberry Point Leo Amling Elkport George Chettinger Guttenberg Charles Denning Marquette Lucy Adams Edgewood Elsie Hyde Colesburg Walter Meyer Guttenberg Otto Habert Littleport John Jaster Elkport C H Williamson Elkader Nettie Farmer Edgewood Thresa Heck Guttenberg Fred Wolf Guttenberg F P Gernand Volga City C F Baumgartner Strawberry Point Arthur C Crary St Olaf J C Jarms Monona Elmer Kurth Luana Lillian Johnson St Olaf Otto Brimeyer No Buena Vista H W White Volga City A A Johanningmeier Luana William Phillips Edgewood William Radloff Farmersburg Mrs A H Stickford Garnaville Jorgena Stearns St Olaf William Matt McGregor Emma Guising St Olaf Elmer Funk Colesburg Ben Jost Clayton
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Elkader
H. E. Taylor
Waukon
Wayne Pugh
Littleport
M. M. Marshall
Albert Schiake
Garnavillo
Fred Ihlenfeldt
L. H. Brandt
Garanavillo
George Miller
Strawberry Point
Leo Amling
Elkport
George Chettinger
Guttenberg
Charles Denning
Marquette
Lucy Adams
Edgewood
Elsie Hyde
Colesburg
Walter Meyer
Otto Habert
John Jaster
C. H. Williamson
Nettie Farmer
Thresa Heck
Fred Wolf
F. P. Gernand
Volga City
Garnaville
Jorgena Stearns
St. Olaf
William Matt
McGregor
Emma Guising
Elmer Funk
Ben Jost
Clayton
Poultry and Fruit Thefts Shake Grinnell Area
Grinnell and Poweshiek county officers report numerous complaints from farmers north of Grinnell about thefts of hundreds of chickens and much fruit. One farmer Jess Gross lost between fifty and sixty chickens, neighbor John Nancy about 150. Joe and Jake Weber report their peach orchard stripped. Other victims include M. E. Snook and Harry Yeager alongside additional poultry and melon thefts.
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Poweshiek County
Jess Gross
John Nancy
Joe
Jake Weber
M. E. Snook
Harry Yeager
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